hogg

See also: högg and høgg

English

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɒɡ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /hɑɡ/, /hɔːɡ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ
  • Homophone: hog

Noun

hogg (plural hoggs)

  1. A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth; a hogget.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

hogg

  1. simple past of hogge
  2. imperative of hogge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

hogg

  1. past tense of hogga and hogge
  2. imperative of hogga and hogge

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Old Norse hǫggva (“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowə- (“to beat, hew, forge””).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhoɡɡ/

Noun

hogg m (nominative plural hoggas)

  1. hog, especially a castrated male (family Suidae)

Declension
Declension of hogg (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hogg hoggas
accusative hogg hoggas
genitive hogges hogga
dative hogge hoggum

Descendants
  • Middle English: hog
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